Purchase preform pond with flat bottom12/31/2023 In case anyone wants to know, the area where I dug the pond is flat- water doesn't drain down a slope or anything into the area. I guess in retrospect I should have covered the unfinished pond with a tarp, but I didn't even think about it, and have never read that one should do so in ANY of my pond books. Will this keep the pond from floating again? I'm planning on adding a coping of flat, slate-like stones around the edge which should help keep water from draining into the pond hole once it's complete. What would keep the same thing from happening the next time it rains? Or would it NOT have happened if the pond was completely full of water and completely backfilled? Did the hole flood and make the pond form float because I did not have the pond form completely full of water (it was only about 1/2 full at the time)? And then start with new sand and backfilling all over again. Then, I'll have to remove the sludge that was the sand and backfill dirt. Next, I should probably either try to pump the remaining water out of the hole, or maybe just let it soak into the ground and evaporate. ![]() I guess my best plan of action would be to first pump out the water from the floating pond shell, and then remove it. Now, my pond form is almost full of water, and is floating in a mudhole! I'm so bummed, I don't know what to do. I was 3/4ths of the way finished with the backfilling, and it rained cats and dogs last night. ![]() I have spent the last few weekdays leveling the bottom with a 2" layer of sand (not an easy feat!) and backfilling the sides with dirt. Last weekend, I dug the hole for a 165g preformed pond shell which will be the home for a couple of aquatic turtles. I'm hoping someone out there has experience with what just happened to me and/or can offer me some advice on how to fix my problem.
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